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STEDT #5391

*k/g-r(u/i)m

MEET
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This root shows the classic pattern of medial -u- ⪤ -i- variation, with Written Burmese attesting both variants. (The unaspirated WB initials go back to PTB *gr-.)

Reflexes & cognates31 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmangrim ⪤ krim ‘meet’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 591
*Tibeto-Burmangrum ⪤ krum ‘meet’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 591
*Tibeto-Burmank-rum ⪤ k-rim ‘meet’LaPolla 87: 171

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagakrum~krupmorpheme ‘meet(with) / find(1) / (2)’French 83: 522

1.7.3.1Jingpho7

Jingphohkrum ‘meet, converge; copulate’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphokhrum ‘meet’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphokhrum⁵⁵ ‘meet’LaPolla 87: 171
Jingphokhɹum⁵⁵ ‘encounter / meet’Liu 84
Jingphokhʒum⁵⁵ v.‘meet / come across’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1769.19
Jingphokhʒum⁵⁵ ‘encounter / meet’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 707.47

2.1.2Bodic5

Tsangla (Motuo)rum; tʂhapmorpheme ‘encounter / meet’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 707.7
Tsangla (Motuo)tʂʻap⁵⁵morpheme~rum¹³ ‘encounter / meet’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Tilang)rum ‘encounter / meet’Zhang Jichuan 86
Motuo Menbarum v.‘meet / come across’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1769.07

2.3.4Western Kiranti4

Sunwargrum-cāmorpheme v‘meet’Hale 73 CSD: 10b1.48
Thulungghreom- (TE) v.‘meet’Allen 75
Thulungkreom- v.‘meet’Allen 75
Thulungkreom- v.‘meet, go meet’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Chepangkrumh- vai.‘meet up with (tracks, people), clash, join up with’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangkrus- vt.‘meet with (person, etc.)’Caughley 00 Chepang

4Nungic2

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)tɯ³¹prefix xrɯm⁵³ ‘meet’LaPolla 87: 171
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)tɯ³¹prefixxɹɯm⁵³ ‘encounter / meet’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.1Burmish7

Burmese (Written)krim v.‘meet with, find’Burmese krim was assigned to #6174 PTB *s-g-ryam CATCH / HOLD FAST in HPTB:305 but it now seems preferable to include it under the present root.Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)krim ‘meet with, find’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)krum̊ ‘meet’Okell 71
Burmese (Written)kruṁ v.‘meet with, find’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)krum ⪤ krim ‘meet with, find’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 270
Burmese (Written)krum~krim ‘meet with, find’LaPolla 87: 171

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Nusu (Central)ɣɹə³³ v.‘meet / come across’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1769.34
Nusu (Bijiang)ɹɯ³⁵ ‘encounter / meet’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 707.45
Nusu (Northern)ɹɯ⁵⁵ ‘encounter / meet’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Southern)ɹɯ⁵⁵ ‘encounter / meet’Sun J 86 Nusu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5391, *k/g-r(u/i)m ‘MEET’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5391
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 497
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5391,
  title  = {{*k/g-r(u/i)m 'MEET'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5391},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5391}
}